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 | | The 761st Black Panther Tank Battalion in World War II: An Illustrated History of the First African American Armored Unit to See Combat by Joe Wilson Jr., Julius W. Becton Jr. (Foreword), Joseph E. Wilson Sr. (Afterword) ISBN-10: 9780786406678 ISBN-10: 0-7864-0667-4 ISBN-13: 9780786406678 ISBN-13: 978-0-7864-0667-8 Hardcover 1999-08-01 McFarland & Company Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description This is a comprehensive record of the 761st Tank Battalion, the first African American armored unit to enter combat. Assigned at various times to the Third, Seventh and Ninth armies, the "Black Panthers" fought major engagements in six European countries and participated in four major Allied campaigns, inflicting 130,000 casualties on the German army and capturing or destroying thousands of weapons, despite severe weather, difficult terrain, heavily fortified enemy positions, extreme shortages of replacement personnel and equipment, and an overall casualty rate approaching 50 percent. Richly illustrated and containing many interviews with surviving members of the 761st, this work gives long overdue recognition to the unit whose motto was "Come Out Fighting." It recounts the events that in 1978—33 years after the end of World War II—led to the 761st Tank Battalion's receiving a Presidential Unit Citation, the highest honor a unit can receive. Also described are the efforts that resulted, in 1997—53 years after giving his life on the battlefield—in the Medal of Honor being posthumously awarded to Sergeant Ruben Rivers. | ||
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The 761st ... A true group of US heros Here is a book that reads like a screenplay waiting to happen. A book that will make you ask; "Is that the way it really was for some US Army GI's willing to serve and die for thier country?" Read`about the true accounts of the men that fought and died in their segregated tank battallion of the US Army in WWII. Get to know the names of some of the soliders of the 761st and learn about their enemies, tatics, and battle plans for fighting the war against aggression in the Europe and fighting the war against prejudice both in the United States and on the bloody battlefields of WWII. Read about the exploits and heroics of the 761st tank battallion that will both shock you and make you proud of some US Army GI's that stood up to their country and for their country. This book will inspire you to greater goals indeed. | ||
Absolutely inspiring The heroics and heroes described in this book should be made into an inspiring movie for all Americans, in fact, for all human beings, to be proud of. | ||